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Tsunami and the Depth of the OceanMartin Farley, University of North Carolina at Pembroke An inquiry approach to using the celerity (=velocity) of a tsunami to measure the depth of the ocean along its path. Tsunami are shallow-water waves, because their wavelengths are so long relative to ocean depth. ...

Cascadia Great Earthquake and Tsunami SuiteMichael Mayhew, National Science Foundation; Michael Mayhew and Michelle Hall, Science Education Solutions Summary The Cascadia Earthquakes and Tsunami Suite contains five case studies organized around understanding the potential for large earthquakes and ...

The 2004 Sumatra Earthquake and TsunamiSteve Kluge In this multi-part activity, students study seismograms from different seismic stations recording the Sumatra earthquake of December 26th, 2004 and then determine the epicenter of the quake and track the tsunami it ...

Natural Hazards on the Island of HawaiiAndrew Greene, Hawaii Pacific University In this jigsaw activity, students discover four different aspects of natural hazards on the Island of Hawaii. The goal for students is to design a hazard zone map that combines these four topics and that could be ...

Construction of Water Table Maps Using GISBob Newton, Smith College Bob Newton, Smith College Summary Students create a water table map and flow net using water level data from seepage lakes in the Sand Hills of Nebraska. They then are able to make hypotheses regarding the ...

Simple Spatial Analysis based on Raster Data StructureWei Luo, Northern Illinois University Wei Luo, Northern Illinois University Summary This is a simple lab exercise early in the semester to teach student the limitation of raster data structure, simple buffer and overlay operation without using ...

Intro. to ArcGIS and MapsChad Heinzel, Minot State University Chad Heinzel, University of Northern Iowa Summary Preparation for understanding the ArcGIS software and developing activities using local data. Context Type and level of course Entry level in-service teachers or ...

Campus Mapping using GPSGuy Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology Guy Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology Summary This assignment takes the student through a series of mapping exercises with increasing requirements. The first uses GPS units to record points, the second to ...